Rolling invalid toilet chair



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ROLLING INVALID TOILET CHAIR Filed Dec. 9, 1946 2 Sheecs--Sheerl 2Patented May 30, 1950 UNIT E D S TAT E S F Y 2,509,551

RoLLINGINvALIn TonlE'roriAm Harold` Oi `Woods, Ainsworth, Nebr.Application Dcnlier 9, 1946; SerialNo: 715,005

This invention relates to' portable invalidtoilet chairs.

An object of this invention is to provide a movable toilet chair whichhas been designed for invalids and is so constructed that an invalid maybe easily shifted from a wheel chair or a bed onto the toilet chair andthe latter then moved to dispose the chair about the toilet bowl,thereby eliminating undue shifting or lifting of the patient.

Another object of this invention is to Iprovide a chair of this typewhich includes a pivoted seat extension adapted to engage upon the wheelchair or bed so that the patient may easily slide from the wheel chairor bed onto the chair seat.

A further object of this invention is to provide a chair of this typewhich can be made of tubular material so as to form a relativelylightweight and strong chair which is mounted on rollers so that thechair can be easily moved.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specication, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of an invalid chair constructedaccording to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation of the chair,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure1,

Figure 4 is a, fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 ofFigure 1,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, of the seatportion of the chair,

Figure 7 is a detail rear elevation of the chair.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I Il designates generally a framewhich is formed of a pair of longitudinally bowed back bars II whichhave secured to the lower end portions thereof lower horizontal sidebars I2. Casters I3 are mounted in the lower ends of the back bars II.'Ihe back bars II also have secured thereto at a point upwardly from thelower ends thereof, a pair of upper bars I4 which are parallel with thelower bars I2, and the bars I2 and I4 are fixed at the forward ends tofront bars or tubes I5.

'I'he lower ends of the tubes or bars I5 have secured thereto frontcasters I6. The front bars or tubes I5 are connected together by upperand lower tubes or bars I'I and I8 respectively. The back members IIhave secured therebetween a 1 claim. (o1. 15a-51)` backrest I9, which issecured to pairs of lugs 20 carried by the inner rear portions of thebackmembers II, and fastening means 2l| extend through the lugs forsecuring the back member I9 in operative position. As shown in Figure 3,the back members I I are of tubular construction and the upper endsthereof are closed by means of plugs 22, secured by fastening pins 23 orthe like.

The frame II) has secured therein a seat member 24. The seat member 24is formed at the forward lower portion thereof with sockets 25 withinwhich the upper ends of the front members I5 are adapted to engage, andcountersunk bolts 26 extend downwardly through the seat member 24 andalso extend through the upper side members I4. Spacer blocks 21 areinterposed between the lower side of the seat member 24 and the upperbars I4, as shown in Figure `6. 'The seat member 24 is formed with anelliptical` opening '28 which is elongated from the front to the rear ofthe seat member.

The seat member 24 is preferably of such a height that it will freelyengage over the top of a, toilet bowl B, as shown in Figure 7, and isalso of a height such as to permit an invalid or patient to move in ahorizontal direction from a bed 28, onto the seat 24, without undueexertion.

In order to provide for the movement of the patient from the bed 28 tothe seat 24, I have provided an extensible seat member 29 which ispivotally carried by one of the side members I4. The extensible seatmember 29 has secured to the lower side thereof, hinge bars 3D which areadapted to hold the upper side of the seat extension 29 substantiallycoplanar with the seat 24 when the outer free end of the seat extensionis resting on top of the bed 28. The outer edge of the seat extension 29is beveled, as at 3|, so that the patient can be freely slid laterallyfrom the bed 28 onto the extension 29, and then onto the seat 24.

The chair also includes a foot rest 32. The foot rest 32 includes aplate 33 which is hingedly secured by means of hinged bars 34 to thelower front bar or tube I8. Pivotally connected links 35 are secured, asat 36, to the plate 24, and are also pivotally secured, as at 31, to theupright front members I5. In this manner the foot rest 32 can be eithercollapsed to the position shown in Figure 3 with the plate 33 extendingupwardly and between the front bars I5, or the foot rest can be extendedso as to be positioned in a horizontal position as shown in Figure 2.

In the use and operation of this device, the patient who is in bed maybe moved onto the chair by moving the chair alongside the bed and thenraising the seat extension 29 to the position shown in Figure 1. Thepatient may then be moved horizontally over the extension 29 onto theseat and may then be disposed in a seated position. The chair with thepatient thereon may then be moved so that the frame of the chair willstraddle the toilet bowl B.

I do not mean to conne myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim all Variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

What I claim is:

A toilet chair comprising a frame formed of a pair of parallel uprightback members, upper and lower side members Xed to said back members andextending forwardly therefrom, front legs xed to said side members,upper and lower front members connecting said legs together, a seat,means securing said seat on said legs and said upper side members, aseat extension, means hingedly securing said seat extension to one ofsaid upper side members whereby said extension will normally be disposedin vertical dependent inoperative position and may be swung upwardly tohorizontal operative position substantially coplanar with said seat, anda back rest secured between the upper portions of said back members.

HAROLD O. WOODS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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